If you’ve been following my Facebook or Twitter entries, you’re already tired of hearing how crummy I feel, so I won’t bore you with that. Lots of napping, water, tea, and soup are in order. Enough of that. I have a huge pile of papers to shred, so, since I … Continue reading →
This has been a roller coaster year. On the up-side, I’m thrilled to have been able to retire this year after 28 years on active duty. I never would have imagined I would be able to do so back in April 1980 when I signed my enlistment contract with the … Continue reading →
Yesterday, it gave me a Wii Fit Age of 58. OK. I did poorly on the two balance tests. I wasn’t surprised. Today? I aced the walk test — perfect 50/50 balance (like that will ever happen again in this lifetime) AND another personal best balance score. I muttered to … Continue reading →
It wasn’t pretty. My Center of Balance was horrible. I was so bad, it made me practice after measuring, and it felt strange. I’d never had to practice Center of Balance before — I didn’t know it had that capability, but it does. I went on to do fifteen … Continue reading →
I’ve been waking up in the morning (and sometimes during the night) with numb and tingling hands and fingers. According to my mom (who recently had surgery in both hands to correct this) and what I’ve been reading, this is a symptom of carpal tunnel syndrome. As much as I … Continue reading →
I picked the first crop off the fig tree today. Usually, we don’t get to them before the birds, but this year, I’ve managed to get about 20-25 ripe ones.
Continue reading →Boy, time sure flies when you’re retired. I’ve picked up my retired ID card (with the absolute worst picture I think I’ve ever seen of me — and I’ve seen some bad ones), visited with my new doctor on Friday (seems really good — I’ll see him for blood tests … Continue reading →
Now that Hershey isn’t patrolling the backyard, at least two neighborhood cats have resumed using it for rest and relaxation. On a less happy note (for me, anyway), I woke up yesterday with congestion in my right sinus cavity, and by this morning, it had moved to my upper respiratory … Continue reading →
The new XM car kit arrived night before last. Yesterday morning before leaving for work, I installed the new XM receiver cradle and tried to use the old antenna. No dice. I installed the new antenna, and everything worked fine. In comparing the two, the cradle appeared to have lost … Continue reading →
Back at the end of January, I mentioned several of us were starting a virtual walk of the West Coast Trail in British Columbia. We were pleasantly surprised to hear from Parks Canada’s Metropolitan Outreach Officer after we finished the trail. It turns out he’d found our discussion of the … Continue reading →